Data specifications

Definition: The percentage of girls in the age group/school grade targeted for immunization that have completed the HPV vaccine series based on the provincially/territorially recommended vaccination schedule

SK: HPV vaccination is offered in grade 6, but immunization coverage rates in SK are assessed based on an age cohort. HPV vaccination uptake is assessed at age 13. Saskatchewan switched to the two-dose series on September 1, 2015. Most of the 13-year-old girls in 2016 would have been initially offered the three-dose series.

ON: Routine coverage monitoring in Ontario assesses children by birth year as a proxy for grade. Female students who turned 13 years of age by December 31st, 2015 (born in 2002) were used to estimate coverage in grade 8 girls. Girls who completed a valid 2 dose or 3 dose HPV immunization series are represented in the coverage estimate in the column marked ‘2nd dose’. Although the routine school-based program typically administers a 2 dose series, some girls require 3 doses based on age at first dose or if immunocompromised.

YT: Girls who received ≥ 2 or 3 dose series completion as defined by age of 1st dose. Two valid dose(s) of HPV if series started before 15 years of age; 3 valid doses if series started on or after 15 years of age.